Time to hospital admission for acute stroke: An observational study

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 178, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 329-331

  Broadley, Simon A ^a,b   Thompson, Philip D ^a,b  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 0037425148     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05224.x     Document Type: Article

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